Protein Translocation Systems

Mitochondria comprise two membrane systems, a bordering outer membrane and an invaginated inner membrane containing the oxidative… Expand

Background: Tic22 is a core protein import machinery component of chloroplasts and apicoplasts. Results: Tic22 is a chaperone… Expand

Specialized protein translocation systems are used by many bacterial pathogens to deliver effector proteins into host cells that… Expand

The mating pair formation (Mpf) system functions as a secretion machinery for intercellular DNA transfer during bacterial… Expand

Legionella pneumophila proliferates within alveolar macrophages as a central property of Legionnaires' disease. Intracellular… Expand

Proper cell function relies on correct protein localization. As a first step in the delivery of extracytoplasmic proteins to… Expand

In an alternative mode, the Sec61 protein associates with a tetrameric Sec62/63p complex to form the SEC complex, a channel… Expand

Mitochondria contain two distinct protein import systems, one in the outer and the other in the inner membrane. These systems can… Expand

Import of proteins into mitochondria involves the cooperation of protein translocation systems in the outer and inner membranes… Expand

Several classes ofsecA mutants have been isolated which reveal the essential role of this gene product forE. coli cell envelope… Expand